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United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
The
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
(
UPCUSA
) was the largest branch of
Presbyterianism
in the
United States
from May 28, 1958 to 1983. It was formed by the union of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
(PCUSA), often referred to (inaccurately) as the "Northern" Presbyterian Church, with the
United Presbyterian Church of North America
(UPCNA), a smaller church of
Covenanter
-
Seceder
tradition at a conference in
downtown
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
in May 1958. Vigorous
ecumenical
activity on the part of PCUSA leaders led to this merger, something of a reunion of two long-separated branches of the larger Presbyterian family deriving from the
British Isles
.
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